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1. In a recent election, candidate A received approximately four votes for every three votes that
candidate B received. If candidate B received 2,351 votes, about how many votes did
candidate A receive?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

1,750 votes
3,150 votes
9,400 votes
9,450 votes
31,000 votes

2. A house painter works in a subdivision where each of the 23 houses has the same design. If
the painter can paint 5 houses in 4 days, how long will it take the painter to paint all of the
houses in the subdivision?
a. 28.75 days
b. 18.4 days
5
c.
days
4
4
d.
day
5
23
e.
days
5
3
inches of rope. There are 12 feet of rope on a spool.
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What is the greatest number of bracelets that can be made from that spool of rope?

3. One knotted bracelet requires 12

a.
b.
c.
d.
a.

10 bracelets
11 bracelets
12 bracelets
13 bracelets
There is not enough rope to make any bracelets.

4. How many common factors do 45 and 63 have?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 9
e. infinitely many

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5. A winter storm has stranded 5745 passengers of Alpha Airlines at the airport in Capital City.
When the airline is able to resume flights, the only aircraft available are ones that seat 237
passengers each. Because the roads are still blocked, no new passengers will arrive, and no
one will leave by car. How many flights will be needed to get all of the 5745 passengers out
of the airport?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

237 flights
26 flights
25 flights
14 flights
24.2 flights

6. The peak of Mount Hermon in Syria is 2,814 meters above sea level. One hundred ninety
kilometers to the south, the shore of the Dead Sea is 423 meters below sea level. What is the
difference in elevation between the peak of Mount Hermon and the shore of the Dead Sea?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

233 meters
2391 meters
2624 meters
3004 meters
3237 meters

7. What are the coordinates of the point indicated on the coordinate axes shown here?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

(-0.5, 1.5)
(1.2, -0.8)
(1.5, -0.5)
(-1, 1)
(-0.8, 1.2)

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8. Which of the following inequalities is a true statement?

a. | -30 | > | -50 |
b. -30 > | -50 |
c. | -30 | > - 50
d. | -30 | > 50
e. -30 > 50
9. An identity is an equation that is true for all values of the variable. Which equation below is
not an identity?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

15 + 12x = 3(5 + 4x)

15(4x 2) = 60x 30
60x 30 = (12x 6)5
18 + 3x = 6(3 + 2x)
60x + 30 = 6(10x + 5)

10. The diagram shows a map of a field. Segments that appear to be perpendicular are. What is
the area of the field?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

233,000 square feet

232,000 square feet
231,000 square feet
230,500 square feet
230,000 square feet

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11. What value is associated with Point P shown on the number line below?
P
0.86

0.88

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

0.9

0.92

0.94

0.96

0.98

1.02

1.04

1.06

1.08

0.943
0.95
0.951
0.955
0.959

12. Suppose triangle ABC is reflected across the Y-axis to create a new triangle PQR, in which
point P is the image of point A. What would
8 be the coordinates of point P?
A

10

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

(6, 4)
(-6, -4)
(6, -4)
(4, 6)
(-4, 6)

10

13. A stack of typing paper is stacked up straight forming a right rectangular prism (Prism A).
When stack of paper is pushed, it forms an oblique prism (Prism B). Which statement is
true?
a. The volume of Prism A equals the volume of Prism B, and the surface area of Prism
A is greater than the surface area of Prism B.
b. The volume of Prism A is greater than the volume of Prism B, and the surface area of
Prism A is greater than the surface area of Prism B.
c. The volume of Prism A equals the volume of Prism B, and the surface area of Prism
A is less than the surface area of Prism B.
d. The volume of Prism A is less than the volume of Prism B, but the surface area of
Prism A equals the surface area of Prism B.
e. The volume of Prism A is less than the volume of Prism B, and the surface area of
Prism A is less than the surface area of Prism B.

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14. You have a dollar bill, 1 quarter, 2 nickels, and 2 pennies in your pocket. You want to buy
an item that costs less than one dollar including tax. The item is not free. What is the
probability you can pay for the item with exact change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

1
11
17
99
5
33
23
99
4
9

15. To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count the number of chirps in 25 seconds,
divide by 3, then add 4. Let t equal the temperature in degrees Celsius and c equal the
number of cricket chirps in 25 seconds. Which equation below represents the described
relationship between the cricket chirps and the temperature?
25c
+4
3
25c + 4
t=
3
c+4
t=
3
c
t = +4
3
c+4
t=
3 25

a. t =
b.
c.
d.
e.

16. To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count the number of chirps in 25 seconds,
divide by 3, then add 4. If the temperature is 24 degrees Celsius, how many cricket chirps
would you expect to hear in 25 seconds?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

72 chirps
12 chirps
68 chirps
9.33 chirps
60 chirps

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17. Jay knows it takes him 9.5 minutes to run a mile. He can walk a mile in 12 minutes. Jay
uses a greenway loop for exercise. It takes him 30 minutes of running and 40 minutes of
walking to complete the greenway loop. How long is the greenway loop? (Round to the
nearest tenth of a mile.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

12.8 miles
6.5 miles
10.4 miles
5.6 miles
4.5 miles

18. Which set of five numbers is most likely to have a mean that is 10 more than the median?
a.
b.
c.
d.

The number of m&m's in each of five bags that all weigh the same amount.
The ages in years of a man, his wife, and their 3 children.
The heights in inches of the five starting players on a college basketball team.
The weights in pounds of five puppies in a litter. (That would be five puppies born at
the same time to the same mother.)
e. The lengths in inches of five puppies in a litter.
19. The Y was offering beginner, intermediate, and advanced swimming lessons. A bunch of
children signed up for the lessons. One fourth of the children who signed up were boys.
Two thirds of the boys wanted the advanced class. Half of the other boys wanted the
intermediate class. The rest of the boys wanted the beginner class. Fifty four girls signed
up. How many boys signed up for the beginner lessons?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

14 boys signed up for beginner lessons.

7 boys signed up for beginner lessons.
27 boys signed up for beginner lessons.
5 boys signed up for beginner lessons.
3 boys signed up for beginner lessons.

20. These numbers are examples of doozers: 13, 61, 73, 109, 121, 145
These numbers are not doozers: 14, 29, 30, 71, 80, 95, 130
Which of the following numbers is a doozer?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

25
38
51
70
100

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21. Below is a sequence of arrays. Which of the following equations shows the relationship
between the number of dots (d) and the array number (n)?

Array 1

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Array 2

Array 3

Array 4

d = n+3
d = 3(n 1) + 4
d = 4 + 3n
d = 3(4 + n)
d = 3n 1

22. A circle sector has a radius of 6 centimeters. The angle measure of the sector is 72. How
long is the curved edge of the sector? (Round to the nearest millimeter.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

75 millimeters
38 millimeters
113.1 millimeters
226 millimeters
7.5 millimeters

23. These are the first ten numbers in a Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55. In
what position in the sequence will the 20th even number occur?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

20
45
60
65
90

24. When I calculate 0.550 with my calculator, the display reads as shown here:

What does this number mean?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

It means 0.550 is exactly equal to 0.000 000 000 000 000 881 784 2.
It means 0.550 is exactly equal to 0.000 000 000 000 000 088 178 42.
It means 0.550 is exactly equal to 0.000 000 000 881 784 2.
It means 0.550 is exactly equal to 0.000 000 008 817 842.
It means the answer is approximately 0.000 000 000 000 000 881 784 2.

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25. Warfarin is a blood-thinning drug. The body eliminates half of the drug every 2.5 days. After
a single dose, the amount of warfarin (w) in the body after d days is w = 10 0.5(0.4d ) . After
one 10 mg dose how many days will it take for the amount of warfarin to drop to 1.25
milligrams in the person's body?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

3 days
4.5 days
5 days
7.5 days
10 days

26. A snowman is built from 3 spheres. The radius of the middle sphere is twice the radius of
the top sphere. The radius of the bottom sphere is twice the radius of the middle sphere.
The top sphere weighs 6 pounds. All spheres have the same density. What is the total weight
of the snowman?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

42 pounds
78 pounds
126 pounds
150 pounds
438 pounds

27. The distance from the sun to Uranus is about 2.88 billion kilometers. The distance from
Mercury to the sun is about 2.4% of that distance. How far is Mercury from the sun?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

6.9 billion kilometers

690 million kilometers
69 million kilometers
6.9 million kilometers
690,000 kilometers

28. Lynn gets $10 per week for allowance. Lynn is also paid an additional $3 for each extra
chore done. (For instance, for allowance plus 2 extra chores Lynn would have earned $16
that week.) In eight weeks, Lynn will need $200 to pay for summer camp. How many extra
chores will Lynn need to average each week in order to have earned $200 in eight weeks?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

120 chores per week

15 chores per week
40 chores per week
5 chores per week
4 chores per week

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29. A city proposed a tax on all the drinks sold in paper or plastic cups because they generated
so much waste. They estimated that a 4 tax on each cup would generate about $3 million
each year. Approximately how many cups do they think are used each year in their city?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

1.2 million cups

7.5 million cups
12 million cups
75 million cups
120 million cups

30. In base eight, each place value position has a value that is a power of eight, as shown in the
table below:
Base eight
1eight
10 eight
100 eight
1000 eight
10 000 eight
numeral
Value
(Written in
80 = 1
81 = 8
82 = 64
83 = 512
84 = 4096
base ten)
What is the value of 0.5 eight written in base ten?
a. 5 8 1= 40
b. 5 10 1= 50
c. 5 8 1= 0.5
d. 5 8 1= 0.625
e. 5 8 1= 0.125